Logical Reasoning

PT131 · S2 · Q7 Columnist: It has been noted

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Columnist: It has been noted that attending a live musical performance is a richer experience than is listening to recorded music.

Conclusion

The reason we feel like live concerts are better than recorded music can't just be that with recorded music we don't see the performers.

Evidence

It's not like there's a big difference between hearing a story read in-person vs. hearing a story read over the radio (in which you wouldn't see the performer).

Evaluation

Claim 1: It has been noted that Background Claim 2: Some say Counterpoint Claim 3: However, Conclusion Claim 4: for Premise

Goal

Since they're asking about the first claim, we want an answer that sounds like

7.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the role played in the argument by the observation that attending a live musical performance is a richer experience than is listening to recorded music?

  1. It is what the columnist's

    Not the Conclusion

    What an argument purports to show / demonstrate / argue / prove is the conclusion. The first claim was background.

    2% picked this

  2. It is the reason given

    Not a Reason

    It is an accepted phenomenon. We all think concerts are better than recordings. The author and the "some say" crew are debating the reason why, but the first sentence is the phenomenon for which they're seeking a reason, not a reason itself.

    9% picked this

  3. It is what the columnist's

    Bad Conclusion Match

    Had the author gone one step further and offered her own explanation for why concerts are better than recordings, this would be apt. If the author had said, "Some say it's because we can see the performers. But there must be some other reason. Perhaps the subwoofers at live concerts are so much better at vibrating our bodies with low frequencies ...." This author just shoots down a possible explanation. She never offers one of her own.

    29% picked this

  4. It is what the columnist's

    Not a Counterpoint

    The argument purports to refute the 2nd sentence, not the 1st one.

    12% picked this

  5. Correct

    It is what the position

    Why this is right

    Is there a position the columnist is trying to undermine? Yes, the 2nd sentence. Is the 2nd sentence purporting to explain the 1st sentence? Yes, the 2nd sentence is saying the reason we like concerts more than recordings is that we can see the performers at concerts.

    Skill tested: Role · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    47% picked this

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